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Changes in the value chain of dairy development in response to integrated extension interventions: The case of Atsbi-Wemberta District, Northern Ethiopia by Weldemariam, D.

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Workshop: Coming together to leverage India’s national workfare program for resilient livelihoods for women by Bhubaneshwar consortium

“…Public works programs have the potential to reduce poverty, provide resilience for workers to economic shocks, and improve infrastructure. The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), India’s large national workfare program, has provided 3.07 billion person-days of work at a guaranteed minimum wage in the 2024 fiscal year alone, and received attention for both its scale and its role as a safety net for workers. …”
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An assessment on the role of women in agriculture in Southern Nation Nationality People’s Region: The case of Halaba Special Woreda, Ethiopia by Tegegne, M.

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The Great Wall of Surajpura by Srivastava, Roli

“…For climate advocates, it’s a case study in climate resilience powered by an Indian social welfare policy, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA). …”
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“Planning for Voice” to help women to exercise agency by Kosec, Katrina, Kyle, Jordan, Nayarayan, Sudha, Raghunathan, Kalyani

“…IFPRI researchers developed the curriculum, ‘Planning for Voice,’ to equip women with key knowledge and skills to help them navigate the process of demanding assets through the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005 (MGNREGA). …”
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Inspirational filmmaking to raise women’s voice and agency in the construction of assets for climate resilience in India by Kyle, Jordan, Kosec, Katrina, Narayanan, Sudha, Raghunathan, Kalyani

“…Tusu lives in the village of Saradha in Mayurbhanj district of the eastern coastal state of Odisha in India, and recently constructed a farm pond on her land through the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). …”
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The “Discouraged Worker Effect” in public works programs: Evidence from the MGNREGA in India by Narayanan, Sudha, Das, Upasak, Liu, Yanyan, Barrett, Christopher B.

“…This study investigates the consequences of poor implementation in public workfare programs, focusing on the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in India. …”
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Water level status of Indian reservoirs: a synoptic view from altimeter observations by Thakur, P. K., Garg, V., Kalura, P., Agrawal, B., Sharma, V., Mohapatra, M., Kalia, M., Aggarwal, S.P., Calmant, S., Ghosh, Surajit, Dhote, P. R., Sharma, R., Chauhan, P.

“…However, at present only Sentinel – 3 is in orbit, the continuous altimeter based WL monitoring of some of these reservoirs (Gandhi Sagar, Nathsagar, Ranapratap, Ujjani, and Ukai) was attempted through Sentinel-3A satellite data from 2016 to 2018. …”
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Market access, price policy and diversification in Indian agriculture by Negi, Digvijay S., Birthal, Pratap Singh, Roy, Devesh, Hazrana, Jaweriah

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MGNREGA Program Asset Selection: A leaflet providing women information on how to participate by Kosec, Katrina, Kyle, Jordan, Narayanan, Sudha, Raghunathan, Kalyani

“…This document is a leaflet designed by IFPRI in collaboration with our partner, Academy of Management Studies (AMS), for women in Odisha, India who hold job cards under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) program and thus have a right to influence the selection of the assets to be built by community members under the program. …”
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Empowering Women: A Video to promote Inclusion in India's Government Planning by International Food Policy Research Institute, Traveling Tripod, Kosec, Katrina, Kyle, Jordan, Narayanan, Sudha, Raghunathan, Kalyani

“…This video was prepared by Travelling Tripod in collaboration with the International Food Policy Research Institute to inspire rural women in Odisha State, India to publicly share with leaders their ideas for assets that might be constructed under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee (MGNREGA) program. …”
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Understanding farmers' selection criteria for rice varieties: A case in Madhya Pradesh, Eastern India by Sahu, Ram Kumar, Sahu, Vishwa Nath, Sharma, M.L., Paris, T.R., McAllister, Karen, Singh, Rama Kant, Sarkarung, Surapong

“…This paper presents information from a participatory breeding project initiated in 1997 at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in collaboration with plant breeders and social scientists from six national agricultural research institutions located in eastern India. The Indira Gandhi Agricultural Uni- versity (IGAU) in Raipur, Madhya Pradesh, is one of the collaborating centers. …”
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Institutional versus noninstitutional credit to agricultural households in India: Evidence on impact from a national farmers’ survey by Kumar, Anjani, Mishra, Ashok K., Saroj, Sunil, Joshi, Pramod Kumar

“…We also find that, in the presence of formal credit, social safety net programs such as the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) may have unintended consequences. …”
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Droughts, distress, and policies for drought proofing agriculture in Bihar, India by Kishore, Avinash, Joshi, Pramod Kumar, Pandey, Divya

“…The two largest social safety net programs-the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) and the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS)-provide little relief to drought-affected families in rural Bihar. …”
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Role model video encouraging rural women participating in community planning by Kosec, Katrina, Kyle, Jordan, Nayarayan, Sudha, Raghunathan, Kalyani

“…This video was prepared by Travelling Tripod in collaboration with the International Food Policy Research Institute to inspire rural women in Odisha State, India to publicly share with leaders their ideas for assets that might be constructed under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee (MGNREGA) program. …”
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Can role models and skills training increase women’s voice in asset selection? Experimental evidence from Odisha, India by Kosec, Katrina, Kyle, Jordan, Narayanan, Sudha, Raghunathan, Kalyani, Ray, Soumyajit

“…We explore the impacts of exposing women to female role models and providing skills training on outcomes related to women’s aspirations and engagement in demanding assets under India’s Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA)—the largest public works program in the world, which solicits citizen input on which assets to build and where. …”
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Investing in agricultural water management to benefit smallholder farmers in Madhya Pradesh, India. by Evans, Alexandra E.V., Giordano, Meredith A., Clayton, Terry

“…Researchers from the AgWater Solutions Project explored rainwater harvesting, drip irrigation and how investors might leverage the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). …”
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Affordability of nutritious diets in rural India by Raghunathan, Kalyani, Headey, Derek D., Herforth, Anna

“…However, in absolute terms nutritious diets in 2011 were still expensive relative to unskilled wages, constituting approximately 50-60% of male and about 70-80% of female daily wages, and were often even higher relative to minimum wages earned from the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). …”
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Interplay of resource endowments, agriculture and nutritional outcomes in the Central Indian Landscape by Padhan, Niranjan, Anantha, K.H., Garg, Kaushal K., Akuraju, V. R., Singh, Ramesh, Jat, M.L.

“…A model analyzing factors influencing nutritional indicators such as energy, protein, and iron intake reveals that larger landholdings, higher income, education, and participation in welfare programs like Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) improve nutritional outcomes. …”
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Assessing net economic gains from domestic and industrial water supply: cases from NRLP schemes by Choudhury, Nirmalya, Patel, Ankit, Phansalkar, S.

“…An existing interbasin transfer (IBT) scheme, namely Indira Gandhi Nahar Project (IGNP) and a proposed IBT scheme namely Polavaram- Vijaywada (PV) Link Canal were chosen for detailed analyses. …”
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